Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 9081.25 (332.5, 3.8%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 31114.25 (1220.3, 4.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 7426.10 (3.70%).

Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1611 stocks traded today, 1352 showed gains, and 193 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Cipla Ltd. (587.25, 14.53%), Container Corporation of India Ltd. (379.70, 13.77%) and Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (170.30, 12.97%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (2374.70, -3.50%), Tech Mahindra Ltd. (541.75, -3.07%) and Godrej Properties Ltd. (667.15, -2.91%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

10 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd. (79.00, 14.41%), Bajaj Electricals Ltd. (319.75, 11.10%) and Linde India Ltd. (519.00, 8.38%).

Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd. (100.95, 4.99%) was trading at 86.9 times of weekly average. Future Consumer Ltd. (6.35, 4.96%) and Future Retail Ltd. (67.00, 4.93%) were trading with volumes 53.3 and 15.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

8 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 7 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Abbott India Ltd. (17910.00, 2.45%), Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (656.00, 2.36%) and Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (356.70, 1.96%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Inox Leisure Ltd. (235.00, -0.09%) and Oberoi Realty Ltd. (304.55, -0.60%).

15 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd. (79.00, 14.41%) and ICICI Securities Ltd. (328.00, 10.18%). 1 stock slipped below their 200 SMA including Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (995.90, -10.12%).